Miss America 1935 , the ninth Miss America pageant, was held at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 7, 1935, following a one-year hiatus.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Henrietta Leaver , Miss Pittsburgh winning the Miss America crown, entrants from Pennsylvania placed as three of the nine semi-finalists.
Judges included: Louis St. John (president of the Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce), Nils Granlund (of New York), Vincent Trotta (art director at Paramount Pictures ), Elias Goldensky (photographer in Philadelphia), Walter Thornton, Willard Van der Veer (Academy Award winner for cinematography), and Giuseppe Donato (sculptor).[ 5]
Results
Placements
Placement
Contestant
Miss America 1935
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 12[ 6]
Contestants
Location
Name
Hometown
Age
Talent
Placement
Awards
Atlanta LaRue Wilson
Atlanta
Baltimore Frances Stine
Baltimore
Top 12
Birmingham Adelynn Owen
Birmingham
Bloomfield Mildred Hughes
Bridgeport, CT Sonia Banks
Bridgeport
Bridgeport, PA Loretta Gale Tarle
Bridgeport
Bridgeton Geraldine Hester
Bridgeton
Brooklyn Grace Travis
Brooklyn
Piano
Burlington Mary Dillinger
Burlington
Vocal, "Every Little Moment"
Top 12
California Virginia Donham
San Francisco
Vocal, "Chlo-e " & "I Ain't Got Nobody "
Top 12
Camden Lena Melamed
Camden
Cleveland Eleanore Papin
Cleveland
Cincinnati Beatrice Pfeiffer
Cincinnati
Vocal
Connecticut Margaretta Kling
New Haven
Preliminary Swimsuit Award
Conshohocken Helen Rita Skelly
Conshohocken
Delaware County Florence Carman
Upper Darby
Des Moines Connie Rosefield
Des Moines
18
District of Columbia Helen Clum
18
Vocal & Dance, "Every Day I'll In Love With You"
Top 12
Florida Elizabeth Hull
Plant City
Vocal Medley, "East of the Sun " & "When I Grow too Old to Dream "
Top 12
Greater Hartford Veronica Turosky
Hartford Margaret Holmes
Hartford
Hillside Dorothy Wainwright
Hillside
Kentucky Jean Megerle
Fort Thomas
18
Vocal/Acrobatic Dance, "I'll Never Say Never Again"
2nd runner-up
Lake Hopatcong Ann Golden
Leominster Rita Mae King
Leominster
Maine Edith Lucresa Smith
Mayfair Margie Godwin
Philadelphia
Minnesota Mildred Barrett
Marshall
Mississippi LeFrance Boyett
Sumner
Missouri Edna Smith
Fayette
19
Piano/Vocal, "Prelude No. 20 " by Chopin & "When Day is Done"
1st runner-up
Montgomery County Marie Baumgard
Norristown
Mount Holly Esther Moore
Mount Holly
Newark Ann Harvey
Newark
New Haven Ruth S. Rubin
New Haven
Top 12
New Jersey Norine Hughes
Glen Ridge
New York Vera Hall
The Bronx
Top 12
Norristown Helen Keaser
Norristown
Vocal Medley, "Tell Me That You Love Me Tonight" & "You're a Heavenly Thing"
Top 12
Penns Grove Elizabeth Koehler
Penns Grove
Vocal Medley, "Without a Song " & "Roll Out of Bed With a Smile"
Top 12
Philadelphia Jean McCool
Philadelphia
Vocal Medley, "Lovely to Look At" & "Little Things You Used to Do"
Top 12
Pittsburgh Henrietta Leaver
Pittsburgh
19
Vocal/Tap Dance, "Living in a Great Big Way"
Winner
Poughkeepsie Laura Baker
Poughkeepsie
Providence Beatrice McKenzie
Providence
Quincy Mary Stanley
Quincy
Rhode Island Marianne Ranallo Grasso
Riverside Othelia March
Riverside
Scranton Alice Brown
Scranton
Tamaqua Claire Spirt
Tamaqua
Tennessee Sarah Beard
Dickson
West Orange Ann Halko
West Orange
West Philadelphia Lenora Pollock
West Philadelphia
Vocal, Piano, Banjo, & Dance, "Dark Eyes " & "My Man"
Top 12
West Warwick Leona Mucha
West Warwick
Wilkes-Barre Gertrude Schappert
Wilkes-Barre
Woodbury Thelma Fouks
Woodbury
References
^ Associated Press (1935-09-08). "Miss Pittsburgh Wins Beauty Crown". The New York Times . p. 25. ^ "Loretta Young's Double New Queen Of U.S. Beauty". Syracuse Herald. 1935-09-08. p. 8D. ^ Associated Press Wire Photo (1935-09-14). "A Crown For Miss America". Daily Democrat-Times. p. 5. ^ "Henrietta Leaver 1935" . Archived from the original on 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2010-08-19 .^ "Miss Philadelphia Fourth in 2d Test". Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. 1935-09-05. ^ "Where the Little Lady From Smoky City Scored". Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News. 1935-09-10.
Secondary sources
Saulino Osborne, Angela (1995). "Miss Americas and their Courts". Miss America The Dream Lives On . Taylor Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87833-110-7
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